We believe that outreach and support efforts are important activities. We work to include differing constituencies by first helping them to understand what the project is and then receiving their support for the project.

Following are summaries of outreach activities, as well as awards to projects we have been involved with:

The ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program was unanimously approved by the Hawaiian Homes Commission. In addition to the support noted below, an Advisory Group, selected and administered by Hoʻokuleana LLC, provided support and feedback for the ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program. Letters and Statements of Support for the ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program were received from:

We are working with Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association (NaHHA) with the Waikīkī – Kauhale O Hoʻokipa Scenic Byway (recognizing ‘roads that tell stories.”) Although many of the sites and structures of Waikīkī from the ancient times are long gone, many of these pre-contact Hawaiian places, environment, people, history and culture still convey the sense of earlier importance through continued use of original place names for areas, streets, surf sites, symbols, etc and other references to these people, places and times. Though gone, they are not forgotten and continue to express the ways of the past. Letters and Statements of Support for the ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program were received from:

Royal Footsteps Along The Kona Coast was designated the state’s second Hawaiʻi Scenic Byway. A Local Byway Committee was involved in the review and recommendations for the Royal Footsteps Along The Kona Coast. Letters and Statements of Support for the Royal Footsteps Along The Kona Coast were received from:

Government:
Commendation from Mayor Billy Kenoi
Department of Research & Development

The Thirty Meter Telescope permitting process includes an Environmental Impact Statement and Conservation District Use Permit processing. The following is a summary of some of the individuals and organizations, among many, that provided statements of support for the Thirty Meter Telescope:

American Planning Association-Hawaiʻi Chapter awarded PBR Hawaiʻi and ʻOʻoma Beachside Village with the 2009 Outstanding Planning Award. Community outreach included working with the ʻOʻoma Beachside Village Citizen Advisory Committee, the broader community and Hui O Na Kupuna (a native Hawaiian cultural group.) The following is a summary of Letters and Statements of Support received from:

Hoʻokuleana LLC prepared and processed a CDUA for shoreline protection issues, including an interim preservation plan associated with that project.

Hoʻokuleana interacted and worked with Hawaiʻi county and state administrations and various department personnel, assisted in interacting and working with the public groups and provided assistance, review and recommendations on related public processes and documentation.

Community outreach included working with the ʻOʻoma Beachside Village Citizen Advisory Committee and Hui O Na Kupuna (a native Hawaiian cultural group.)

Hoʻokuleana LLC additionally, interacted and worked with Hawaiʻi county and state administrations and various department personnel with county and state government and provided assistance in interacting and working with the public and certain environmental groups, native Hawaiian groups, neighbors and other organizations.

The Kaloko Makai Dryland Forest Preserve Habitat Conservation Plan addresses anticipated impacts to state and federal threatened, endangered and listed species from the construction of the Kaloko Makai development at Kaloko and Kohanaiki, North Kona, Hawaiʻi pursuant to Chapter 195D, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (HRS 195D).

Hoʻokuleana LLC is working with the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DLNR-DOFAW) and the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWSon development of a HCP as well as mitigation measures to achieve a net benefit for the listed species being disturbed.

Shoreline Permitting

Local building and planning departments require that improvements are not placed too close to the coast, so setbacks from the certified shoreline are imposed on improvements. Shorelines are “certified” for County setback purposes. Certified shorelines do not determine ownership; they serve as reference points in determining where improvements may be placed.

Some people inadvertently (and, unfortunately, some covertly) do things in the shoreline area without a permit; permits are required for work in this area. A prior owner may have done something, but the liability and responsibility to correct it ends up with the present owner.

Peter Young and Jennifer Barra were in the thick of things on these issues while at DLNR, some of Hoʻokuleana LLC’s consulting work has included helping people correct (eliminate and/or subsequently permit) encroachments (walls, rocks, docks, vegetation, etc) beyond the shoreline and private property owner’s boundary line.

Possible shoreline issues include issues with seawalls; other issues of concern are the obvious placement of rocks within the wash of the waves – vegetation encroaching below a property line is a related concern. Each of these requires a permit.

Hoʻokuleana LLC feel strongly that it is important to correct past errors, not ignore them (even if they were pre-existing when an owner bought.) Likewise, people should get a permit for any work near the shoreline area. Hoʻokuleana LLC is willing to help people through the process of getting a permit to do something new or to correct prior mistakes.

The ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program is DHHL’s long‐range planning document geared to restore and protect approximately 56,000‐acres of native Hawaiian forest on Mauna Kea that is ecologically, culturally and economically self‐sustaining for the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust, its beneficiaries and the community.

As part of the Environmental Assessment preparation process, a separate Cultural Impact Assessment was prepared for the ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program. The scope of work for the Cultural Impact Assessment included examination of cultural and historical resources, with the specific purpose of identifying traditional Hawaiian activities as may be indicated in the historic or oral history records; a review of previous archaeological work and the identification and description of cultural resources, practices, and beliefs associated with ʻĀina Mauna; and consultation and interviews with knowledgeable parties regarding traditional cultural practices, present and/or past uses of the area.

Waikīkī – Kauhale O Hoʻokipa Scenic Byway runs through the core of Waikīkī. Literally, ‘Waikīkī – Kauhale O Hoʻokipa’ translates to ‘Waikīkī – Home of Hospitality.’ But, this context of “Home” can expand and also represent the community of Waikīkī. Through the telling of stories of Waikīkī (and a goal of the establishment of a Scenic Byway (and dream of NaHHA founder, George Kanahele,)) we help to restore Hawaiianness to Waikīkī in a positive, productive and respectful way. The sense of place of Waikīkī lies within these stories, under the overarching contexts of “Aloha” and “Hoʻokipa” (Hospitality.)

Holo Holo Kōloa Scenic Byway is situated on the South Shore of the island of Kauaʻi in the State of Hawaiʻi (in the historic Old Kōloa Town, running down and through the Poʻipū Beach resort area.) The focus of interest along the Holo Holo Kōloa corridor is the region‘s history and the role this area played in helping to shape Hawaiʻi‘s socio-economic past, present and future. As noted in the book The Kauaʻi Album, “The history of Kōloa is in many ways Hawai‘i’s history in microcosm.” The Holo Holo Kōloa Corridor Management Plan (CMP) is a guide to call attention to and protect the area’s significant historic, archaeological, cultural, natural, scenic and recreational resources.

The Royal Footsteps Along The Kona Coast was designated as the state’s second Hawaiʻi Scenic Byway, completing a voluntary, cooperative effort to define a vision for the future of this significant, historic roadway and its surrounding landscape. The designated corridor extends the entire length of Aliʻi Drive, encompassing numerous places and sites that retain archaeological, historic and cultural importance.

Hōʻea Agricultural Park is a private agricultural park situated at Upolu Point in North Kohala. The vision of the Hōʻea Agricultural Park Plan is the development and management of the agricultural park as a diversified, collaborative, sustainable system, that provides land access and farming opportunities for multiple small farmers whose production, marketing and education activities support local food availability, that is economically viable, environmentally sound and provides value for all participants – the North Kohala community, farmers, collaborators and Hawaiʻi County residents.

Hoʻokuleana LLC served on the review team for the draft and final environmental impact statement prepared for the Thirty Meter Telescope. In addition, Hoʻokuleana LLC is assisting to provide assistance, review and recommendations on related public processes and documentation (including, but not limited to, various stages of EIS preparation/response/ revision, permitting, site utilization, natural resource concerns and cultural resource concerns.)

The ʻĀina Mauna Legacy Program is DHHL’s long‐range planning document geared to restore and protect approximately 56,000‐acres of native Hawaiian forest on Mauna Kea that is ecologically, culturally and economically self‐sustaining for the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust, its beneficiaries and the community. EA actions and analysis include:

ʻOʻoma Beachside Village is proposed as a diverse coastal residential community, designed as a walkable, interconnected, environmentally-conscious, mixed-use community with diverse housing options. Hoʻokuleana LLC assisted in the preparation and review of the EIS for the project. In addition, Peter Young served as the landowner representative for the ʻOʻoma project and participated on the core review team for the EIS preparation and review. Peter Young provided assistance, review and recommendations on related public processes and documentation including, various stages of EIS and permitting.

Kapaʻa Highlands II, on the island of Kauaʻi, is a proposed development of a mix of single-family and multi-family residential, market and affordable rate homes. The development seeks to fill the housing needs of Kapaʻa within the Urban Center of the district. Situated in close proximity to schools and commercial areas, Kapaʻa Highlands II is proposed to be a sustainable community that preserves the rural character of Kapaʻa while meeting its growing housing needs.

The Kapaʻa Highlands II Sustainability Plan is a comprehensive set of goals, strategies and actions focused on improving environmental quality, economic strength and social benefit within the Kapaʻa Highlands II project, as well as the broader community. The Plan serves as a roadmap guiding Kapaʻa Highlands II toward a more sustainable future, with implementation of actions through a comprehensive, inclusive stakeholder process.

Kaloko Makai is a compact mixed-use community offering a wide range of housing types and affordability, and a variety of businesses and employment opportunities, focused around an initial urgent care facility and with land available for a new regional hospital. Kaloko Makai has been identified as a TOD designated in the Kona CDP.

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